Reading Journals - Miss Gee

• the poem is in the tune of 'st james infirmary  which sets the tone for the poem, throughout. it's a A, B, C, B rhyme which is regular throughout.
• it's a quatrain with a ballad of the blues genre
• the poets is the voice which is addressed but changes throughout 1st person written about a 3rd person character
• it uses a childish diction which links into the rhythm of the poem. however, counterbalances with the irony of the poem, as it's about death. 
• repetition of certain lines such as 'clevedon terrace' and 'with her clothes buttoned up to her neck' emphasis the line more than others.
• the stanzas of the poem represent time
• the location/street name of where miss gee lives
• the poem is fairly objective, no sympathy for miss gee
• there are remarks to religion throughout, i.e. 'church bazaar' and 'the church of saint aloysius' 
• alternative sides of the poem that it maybe about, death, science, religion etc